2014 African Rally Championship

The 2014 African Rally Championship was the 34th season of the African Rally Championship (ARC). This championship was the FIA regional zone rally championship for the African continent. The season began March 14 in Côte d'Ivoire, and ended November 9 in Madagascar, after eight events.^[1]

After a season long battle, Côte d'Ivoire driver Gary Chaynes won the championship by a single point from Zambian driver Mohamed Essa.

Event calendar and results

The 2014 African Rally Championship was as follows:^[2]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Rallye Bandama Cote d'Ivoire (14–16 March)[3]	1	Gary Chaynes	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:12:31.3	11	241.25 km	25	15
		2	Moriféré Soumaoro	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:13:04.8
		3	Marc Molinié	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII	2:19:49.6
2	Sasol Rally (11–12 April)[4]	1	Leeroy Poulter	Toyota Yaris S2000	2:13:42.4	14	202.35 km	44	32
		2	Enzo Kuun	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:15:28.9
		3	Hergen Fekken	Toyota Yaris S2000	2:21:39.4
3	Zambia International Rally (16–18 May)[5]	1	Mohammed Essa	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:03:00			21	12
		2	Jaspreet Singh Chatthe	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:05:38
		3	Gary Chaynes	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:07:47
4	Rally of Tanzania (13–15 June)[6]	1	Jaspreet Singh Chatthe	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:09:19	14	211.88 km	19	8
		2	Rajpal Singh Dhani	Subaru Impreza WRX	2:18:40
		3	Tufail Tufail	Subaru Impreza WRX	2:23:46
5	Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally (18–20 July)[7]	1	Mohammed Essa	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2:57:24			18	8
		2	Gary Chaynes	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:06:31
		3	Duncan Mubiru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:09:12
6	Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally (15–17 August)[8]	1	Rajbir Rai	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:02:45	10	271.76 km	36	23
		2	Gary Chaynes	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:02:47
		3	Mohammed Essa	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:03:18
7	Kenya Safari Rally (12–14 September)[9]	1	Baldev Chager	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:47.13	13	224.34 km	61	35
		2	Carl Tundo	Proton Satria Neo	2:48.48
		3	Manvir Singh Baryan	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:52.23
8	Rallye International de Madagascar (7–9 November)	1	Mamy Patrick Solofonirina	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:59:43	16	209.10 km	34	18
		2	Mohammed Essa	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:05:33
		3	Rivo Aina Randrianarivony	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:06:55

Championship standings

The 2014 African Rally Championship points were as follows:^[10][11]

Pos. Driver Vehicle BAN RSA ZAM TAN RMG PoA SAF MAD Total 1 Gary Chaynes Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1 2 3 Ret 2 1 Ret 2 119 2 Mohamed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1 1 Ret 1 2 1 118 3 Jaspreet Singh Chatthe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Ret 3 2 1 Ret Ret 58 4 Manvir Singh Baryan Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 1 40 5 Giancarlo Davite Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 Ret 4 Ret Ret 4 39 6 Moriféré Soumaoro Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2 18 Haji Abdu Sempebwa Subaru Impreza WRX 2 Ret Ret 18 8 Kenneth Mukosa Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4 12

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

References

External links

• Official website